Question

The risk-free rate of return is 5 percent and the market risk premium is 12 percent. What is the expected rate of return on a stock with a beta of 1.4

Answer 1

Answer:

Expected rate of return= 21.8 %

Explanation:

The capital asset pricing model is a risk-based model for estimating the return on a stock.. Here, the return on equity is dependent on the level of reaction of the the equity to changes in the return on a market portfolio. These changes are captured as systematic risk. Systematic risks are those which affect all economic actors in the market, they include factors like changes in interest rate, inflation, etc. The magnitude by which a stock is affected by systematic risk is measured by beta.

Under CAPM,

E(r)= Rf + β×(Rm-Rf)

E(r)- expected return- ?

Rf-risk-free rate- 5%

β= Beta - 1.4

(Rm-Rf) - 12

E(r) = 5% + 1.4× (12%)= 21.8 %

Expected rate of return= 21.8 %